Toy.



J. N. WHITEHOUSE.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1912.

Patented June 3,1913.

Attest:

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D'QHN N. WHITEHOU$E, OF NEW YORK, N. "2'.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be i known that I, Join: N. WHITE- nousn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to an improved doll or animal toy havingdevices therein whereby the eyes can be moved laterallycombined withother devices whereby the toy is simultaneously caused to utter soundsor cries.

- The drawings show only one of the specific embodiments that myinvention is course, it will be understood that it is also applicable toother toys such as all kinds of animals.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a'front elevation of a doll showing myimprove ents applied thereto, portion of the structure being broken awayto reveal the internal structure; Fig. 2is a sectional view on the line2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 3 is adetailed view of a modification.

I will now describe the specific devices of the drawin l is a dolihaving eye openings 2. I

3-3 are eyes supported on the upper ends of elongated members or wirest, said wires being crossed at 5 where they are pivotally connected, andthence extend down into the doll where a spiral spring 6 is located between their free ends to give said members 4: and their supported eyes anormal relative position to each pther.

7,;is a collapsible chamber also located between the lower ends of themembers 4. This chamber consists of a pair of more or less stificircular heads 8, to the outside of which the legs of thewires 4 aresecured by pieces of cloth 9 glued. over the wires and against the heads8. The previously described spiral spring 6 is supported between theseheads and is retained in place by having one of its ends 6 forced into ahole in the inner surface of one of the heads. The closed collapsiblechamber 7 is completed by parchment-paper or a suitable airtight fabric10 which forms the cylindrical wall of the chamber and is glued at itsends to the heads 8.

11 is an air hole opening through the head 8, said opening having alateral extension 11 in the form of a groove located on the innersurface of the head 8.

12 is a thin sheet metal tongue located over the groove 11, and 14 is adiaphragm in the form of a piece of paper glued to the inner face of thehead 8 over'the hole 11 and over the base of the tongue 12, the saidtongue 12 being secured only to the diaphragm 14. (See Fig. 2.)

- When the sides of the doll are compressed to move the lower ends ofthe wires 4 and circular heads 8 toward'each othei' against the opposingaction of the spiral spring 6, and similarly upon the release of theseparts from said pressure, the eyes 3 of the doll are/caused to movelaterally and it is caused to utter cries or sounds by the passage ofthe air past the sounding devices at the air hole opening in the head ofthe collapsible chamber.

Figure 1 shows the eyes 3 of the doll located behind the eye openings2,whereas Fig. 3 shows a odification wherein the tree ends of the wires 4project slightly through the eye openings and support the eyes 3 on theoutside-of the openings 2. The fact that the wires 4 are crossed at 5decreases the diameter of the device at this point to cor respond withthe reduced diameter or neck portion of thedoll. I

What I claim is:

1. A toy having movable eyes and con-. taining eye-supporting membersmovable to and away from each other, and yielding means acting on saidmembers to hold them at anormal position apart.

2. A toy having movable eyes and containing elongated eye. .-supp'ortinimembers which cross each other and are there pivotally connected, andelastic means acting n 3011 the ends of said.v crossed members toyieldingly hold them in a normal relative position.

3. A toy having movable eyes and containing elongated eye-supportingmembers which cross each other and are there pivotally connected, and aspring located between the ends of said members on the opposite side oftheir pivotal connection from the aforesaid eyes of said members.

4. A toy having movable eyes and. conand a valve and sounding device atsaid 7 taining elongated eye-suppo'rtmg members opening operative to besounded from the 'which cross each other and are there pivotpassage ofair at said opening.

ally connected, a spring located between the In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature 5 elfidsi1 of said members on thfe opptfisitefside inpresence of two witnesses. v

o t eir pivotal connection rom t e a me said eyes of said members, andaclosed 001- JOHN WHITEHOUSE' lapsible chamber also located between theWitnesses: ends of said elongated members, said cham- E. W. Selim]!!!vJr., 10 her having an air hole opening through it, ALAN CR. Mol ONNELL.

